Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday inaugurated Asia’s largest government-funded weaker section housing complex at Kollur of Ramachandrapuram block in Sangareddy district, on the outskirts of Hyderabad.
KCR inaugurated the housing project in the presence of his cabinet colleagues K T Rama Rao, T Harish Rao, Vemula Prashan Reddy, P Sabita Indra Reddy, Talasani Srinivas Rao and Ch Malla Reddy.
Several MPs, MLAs, MLCs, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi and chief secretary A Santhi Kumari and senior officials attended the brief ceremony.
Later, the chief minister planted a sapling on the housing project premises and went around in a battery-operated vehicle to inspect the housing units and the facilities and handed over housing units allotted to a few beneficiaries.
An official note said the housing complex named ‘KCR Nagar’ has been constructed in a sprawling area of 145.50 acres at a cost of Rs.1432.50 crore. It comprises 15,660 double bedroom flats constructed in 117 blocks. Each flat comprises a hall, two bedrooms with attached toilets, a kitchen and a utility area within a plinth area of 560 sq ft.
Each block has 10 floors, equipped with staircases, two lifts, parking, quarters for watchmen, and fire-fighting arrangements. The housing project is covered with a road length of 13.50 km. The complex also has a massive water storage facility with a capacity of 21,000 kilo litres of water that include 12 underground sumps of a total of 12,500 kilo litres. Another salient feature is the underground electrical cables apart from the electric ring main to restore power from alternate networks during the repairs.
{{/usCountry}}Each block has 10 floors, equipped with staircases, two lifts, parking, quarters for watchmen, and fire-fighting arrangements. The housing project is covered with a road length of 13.50 km. The complex also has a massive water storage facility with a capacity of 21,000 kilo litres of water that include 12 underground sumps of a total of 12,500 kilo litres. Another salient feature is the underground electrical cables apart from the electric ring main to restore power from alternate networks during the repairs.
{{/usCountry}}The authorities constructed a sewage treatment plant (STP) with nine MLD capacity built at a cost of ₹10 crore and the wastewater was recycled in STP for gardening and other purposes.
Some of the other features of the project are: 137 transformers, 528 poles and 11 high mast poles for street lighting and three shopping complexes with 118 shops. There are parks with cycling and walking tracks, a bus terminal, a fire station, petrol bunks, basthi dawakhanas, integrated hospital, open-air gyms, an indoor sports complex, amphitheater, playschools, anganwadi centres and primary and high schools, banks, ATMs and post office.
According to official figures, around 63% of the 145.5 acre township is allocated for open spaces including roads, footpaths, playgrounds, social infrastructure and landscaping. About 30,000 trees have been planted across the township, ensuring ample greenery.